General Description
DEFENCE FORCE MEMBERS - OTHER RANKS provide specialised military services to the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces.
Indicative Skill Level
ANZSCO Skill Level: 3
In Australia the majority of occupations in this unit group have:
- AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
In New Zealand the majority of occupations in this unit group have:
- NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Task Information
- guarding airfields and other defence force bases
- serving as an infantry soldier
- erecting bridges, building field defences, constructing temporary roads, clearing minefields, repairing airfields and demolishing targets using explosives
- crewing armoured fighting vehicles
- operating artillery, ground and surface-based defence systems, shipboard weapons and other advanced specialist military weapons and equipment
- providing firepower and ground-based air defence
- establishing and maintaining command, control and communications equipment and facilities
- conducting surveillance, reconnaissance and boarding operations
- maintaining personal arms and ammunition
Occupation in this group:
441111 DEFENCE FORCE MEMBER - OTHER RANKS
Provides specialised military services to the Australian or New Zealand Defence Forces.
This occupation includes the following ranks:
- Air Force: Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman, Corporal, Leading Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman
- Army: Corporal, Lance Corporal, Private
- Navy: Able Seaman, Leading Seaman, Seaman
This occupation excludes Defence Force Members - Other Ranks performing duties for which there is a civilian equivalent. These members are included with the closest civilian occupation. For example, Mechanic Recovery is included in Unit Group 7331 Truck Drivers, in Occupation 733115 Tow Truck Driver.
Specialisations:
- Aircraft Life Support Fitter (Air Force)
- Airfield Defence Guard (Air Force)
- Air Surveillance Operator (Air Force)
- Geospatial Imagery Intelligence Analyst (Air Force)
- Security Police (Air Force)
- Signal Operator Linguist (Air Force)
- Signal Operator Technical (Air Force)
- Aircraft Life Support Fitter ( Army)
- Air Dispatcher (Army)
- Combat Engineer (Army)
- Commando (Army)
- Crewman Armoured Personnel Carrier M113 (Army)
- Crewman Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) (Army)
- Crewman Main Battle Tank (Army)
- Ground Crewman Mission Support (Army)
- Gun Number (Army)
- Marine Specialist (Army)
- Operator Artillery Meteorology and Surveyor (Army)
- Operator Electronic Warfare (Army)
- Operator Ground Based Air Defence (Army)
- Operator Weapon Locating Radar (Army)
- Rifleman (Army)
- Acoustic Warfare Analyst (Navy)
- Aircrewman (Navy)
- Boatswains Mate (Navy)
- Combat Systems Operator (Navy)
- Combat Systems Operator Mine Warfare (Navy)
- Electronic Warfare - Linguist (Navy)
- Electronic Warfare - Technical (Navy)
- Naval Police Coxswain (Navy)